Brother Stephen's DNA is connected to Parkway Baptist Church, as his grandparents helped start the church and his parents were the first couple to be married in the sanctuary. He has been the Minister of Music since joining the church in 2014. He has been an active church member and deacon, including volunteering with VBS, was the Director of Youth (2020-2023), and adult Sunday School teacher (2016-2020).
He has a Bachelor degree in Music Education from Delta State University. He has been the assistant band director, jazz band director, and choir director at Christian Brothers High School since 2015 and the co-band director at Christian Brothers University since 2022.
Brother Stephen is married to Jan and has four kids, Katherine, Bryant-Luke, Kaiden, and Eden and a son-in-law, Patrick.